Mystery: The Undead Don't Die from Linking the Fire

Chapter 262 Now it's teaching time

"The Moon Princess..."

Klein's eyes flickered; in his mind, this Moon Princess was most likely the original moon!

Mr. Door once mentioned that the Moon card is empty. And the Tarot card corresponding to the Goddess of the Night is not the Moon, but the Star.

On the other hand, Emlyn the Moon once mentioned that Lilith, the progenitor of the vampires, is still alive, but the Primal Moon does not correspond to Lilith. He even suspected that the Primal Moon was an evil god or a high-ranking demon in disguise.

Those who pray to the 'Primordial Moon' will mostly change little by little, becoming cruel, insane, and filled with a desire to reproduce. The rest, mainly vampires, will most likely lose control on the spot and become real monsters.

Therefore, it is easy to conclude that the so-called "original moon" is actually a disguise of a certain deity, and does not actually occupy the sequence 0 position of the "moon" pathway.

Even 'Lilith' could be an imposter, a deity who preemptively occupied a key point to block rivals seeking to ascend to the 'Moon' path to Sequence 0. She doesn't genuinely care for vampires, and the revelations she provides are merely a test. Among them, the most suspicious is the goddess who stole the title of 'Crimson Lord'.

However, considering Emperor Roselle's claim that "Raccard came from outer space," Klein is more inclined to believe that "Princess Lani of the Moon" is also an extraterrestrial. This greatly increases the possibility that she is the "Primordial Moon."

Since Rakad can devour the dark side of the universe, which is a god, then Lani, who can drive and control Rakad, must be even stronger!

The most outrageous thing is that these two are actually siblings! The sister uses her brother as a weapon, while the brother, after regaining his senses, also thinks about killing his sister. What a loving family!

Klein was deeply moved by this brotherly and sisterly way of getting along, and turned his attention back to the diary in his hand.

"Rakad told me that His current state is not stable, so He needs my help to spread His name—the undead serpent that devours the world, the rebel against the supreme will, the lord of the abyss, the dark side of the universe, the blasphemous king."

"I asked Lakkad, 'Why do all gods need to spread faith?'"

"Rakad told me that this is how the true God protects himself."

"Once a being reaches the level of an angel, it must anchor itself to avoid being influenced by the uncontrollable tendencies and madness of its extraordinary characteristics, even the true god is no exception."

"Because the true gods possess power far exceeding that of the angels, but their tendency to lose control and their inherent madness are far stronger than those of the angels. If they are not careful, they will be dragged into the abyss of depravity. And faith is the 'anchor' that the gods use to combat madness and loss of control."

"In a sense, the existence of a part of the true God is shaped by the 'anchor of faith'."

"This answers a long-standing question for me: why do the seven major orthodox churches reject other 'evil gods'? Why does almost every 'evil god' have a secret organization that believes in them? Because faith is their anchor against madness and loss of control!"

"Therefore! This has further strengthened my belief in transforming the Church of the God of Craftsmen!"

"If I succeed in renaming the Church of the God of Craftsmen to the Church of the God of Machines, and the God of Craftsmen to the God of All Machines, I can transform Him into the Om Messiah I envision under the influence of faith!"

"Praise be to the God of Splits! Praise be to Ohm Messiah!"

Klein's eye twitched, and he couldn't help but mentally mutter a curse:

"I must say, he truly lives up to his reputation as Emperor Roselle; he really does stay true to his original aspirations."

Theoretically speaking, Emperor Roselle was actually halfway to success. After all, the Church of the God of Craftsmen was indeed renamed the Church of the God of Steam and Machines under his influence, and the next step was to drop the word "Steam" and change its name to the Church of the God of Machines.

Unfortunately, in his later years, Emperor Roselle seemed to have fallen out with the Steam Church, which prevented all of this from becoming a reality.

Klein frowned, somewhat puzzled:

"However, it seems there are no longer any instances of names that blaspheme against a monarch circulating nowadays?"

During the Fourth Age, the human forces that worshipped demons formed a loose alliance called the "Blood Cult." This organization was highly divided, with the three major demon families of North, Andrerad, and Belial standing in a tripartite balance.

But their ancestors had all received gifts from the abyss, so they also worshipped a being called the "dark side of the universe," believing Him to be the ruler of the abyss and the destroyer who would inevitably erode and corrupt the entire real world and the entire vast universe.

Since the Dark Side of the Universe has already been devoured by Rakad, theoretically He should replace it. Just like the relationship between the Mother Tree of Desire and the Bound God, the worship of the Mother Tree of Desire claims that the Bound God is His incarnation, Rakad could also claim that the Dark Side of the Universe is the incarnation of the blasphemous king.

However, the Blood Worship Cult still believes in the dark side of the universe, and even the title "Blasphemer" doesn't seem to have spread. In other words, perhaps Raccard failed to replace the dark side of the universe with his own name?

Could it be because Emperor Roselle did not promote His name as Lacalde had requested?

It's unlikely, considering that according to Roselle's diary, Lacalde was very kind, even though he was a bit ugly...

Klein's thoughts began to wander. Emperor Rosell was actually quite lucky. In the early days, he had two angels, Mr. Door and Zarathustra, who "advised" him. Although they both harbored evil intentions and wanted to use Emperor Rosell to achieve their own goals, it is undeniable that they made outstanding contributions to Emperor Rosell's growth.

Well, I also benefited a little from collecting Russell's diary...

The same is true of the true god Laqad. Judging from His dream of Emperor Roselle and Emperor Roselle's attitude towards Him, the two probably "cooperated" for a long time.

During that period, Emperor Roselle likely secretly had people spreading the faith of the Raccards. However, with the fall of Emperor Roselle in his later years, the Raccards' faith may have disintegrated along with his downfall, and may even have been besieged by the Eternal Sun Cult and the Church of the God of Steam and Machines.

Of course, this "blasphemous king" Laqad's reaction time seems to be a bit long.

Because Emperor Roselle found the Abyss on April 21st, saw Lakkad on April 26th, and Lakkad first appeared in his dream on July 8th, but Lakkad asked Emperor Roselle to proclaim his name on April 1st.

In other words, Laqad didn't think of asking Rosell the Great to help him promote his name until at least the following year.

Excluding the unrealistic possibility that a true god might suffer from dementia, Klein had a guess—

That means Lakad is not in good form.

Although He devoured the dark side of the universe, He did not seem to have fully digested it.

That's why it wasn't until three months after meeting Emperor Roselle that he entered her dream, and at least a year later that he remembered to promote his name and solidify his status. During this time, Raccard was perhaps vying for control of his body with the dark side of the universe, in a state of confusion and disorientation.

Lakkad needed Emperor Roselle's help to develop His faith in order to gain the upper hand in the struggle against the Dark Side of the Universe. The Dark Side of the Universe already had the faith of the Blood Cult, and perhaps it was this faith that helped Him not to be immediately assimilated by Lakkad, but instead gave Him the qualification to compete with the other for control of His body.

From the current perspective, it seems that the dark side of the universe has gained the upper hand, and may even have already turned the tables on Lakkad...

The thought of this possibility caused Klein's expression to become somewhat subtle. Rakad's first appearance involved devouring a god, a feat that had shocked Klein for eight hundred years. But now, looking back, why did this "blasphemous king" Rakad suddenly seem a bit low-class?

In a flash of thought, Klein made the diary disappear from his hands.

"You may begin."

He smiled and said to "Justice" and the others.

Audrey, abandoning her usual reserve, spoke first, asking:

"Someone has already successfully defeated Gundyr. Do you know who it is?"

"So fast?"

The Hanged Man's expression changed slightly; he had originally been quite confident in his abilities.

However, judging from the current situation, his progress seems to be quite slow!

No, that's not surprising. After all, he's only Sequence 6, and it's not shameful to be behind a Sequence 5 Extraordinary.

"The Moon," Emlyn almost blurted out.

"Definitely not a vampire!"

Upon hearing this, the expressions of everyone in the Tarot Club became somewhat strange.

Emlyn, the "Moon," realized he had misspoke and quickly explained:

"What I mean is, if someone in the vampires defeated Gundyr, they would definitely be rewarded by Duke Olmer. And even if the Duke told him to keep it a secret, he himself would surely be unable to resist showing off. But since I haven't received any news, it means that this person is definitely not from the vampires!"

It would have been better if I hadn't explained; the more I explained, the stranger the other people's expressions became.

The way they talk about the 'moon' is as if every vampire likes to show off.

Well, that's actually not entirely untrue.

After all, judging from 'Moon's' behavior, vampires do indeed enjoy showing off. As for whether other vampires like to show off, their opinions don't matter; only 'Moon' has the right to speak on that matter.

Since the 'moon' says so, it's probably true.

The Hanged Man slowly spoke:

"I also think it's unlikely."

Even with Mr. Fool's guidance, he couldn't defeat Gundyr, so it's even less likely that a vampire could.

The Hermit, Cattleya, had a slight surprise in her crystalline purple eyes.

She tried several times during the week, each time barely managing to force Gundyr to use that 'black liquid,' but she was still far from defeating him.

A demigod is still a demigod, and even a demigod without any senses is not so easy to defeat.

"Justice," Audrey suddenly turned to the end of the bronze table and asked:

"Mr. 'World,' are you the one who defeated Gundyr?"

Seeing that the "Hermit" remained silent, Audrey had already eliminated her from the list of suspects. That left only the "World" as a reasonable suspect.

If even the 'world' doesn't believe in it, Audrey really can't guess who else could defeat Gundyr.

The world's voice was hoarse:

"If only one person can defeat Gundyr, it will probably be me."

"really!"

The "justice" that I had already guessed was not surprising; on the contrary, I felt a little proud—our Tarot Club is really too strong!

"Justice" Audrey secretly observes the reactions of the others.

The expression of "Sun" was the purest, filled with envy and reverence. "Magician" and Miss "Judgment" didn't show anything particularly special, but they were also somewhat surprised.

The Moon seemed somewhat unconvinced, but didn't say anything, seemingly annoyed that this person wasn't itself.

The expressions of the Hanged Man and the Hermit are rather intriguing.

The former's reaction was quite complex, while the latter looked at the 'world' with undisguised surprise.

Although both were surprised, Audrey could clearly sense that the Hermit's surprise was different from the Magician's. The reason was actually quite simple: the World was now on the Hermit's ship!

The Hermit, Cattleya, asked thoughtfully:

"Mr. 'World,' may I ask how you defeated Gundyr?"

"I'd like to know the answer to that too."

"Justice," Audrey immediately said, "Mr. 'World,' I also want to know the answer to this question. Can I pay you a corresponding reward to gain the experience?"

Klein raised an eyebrow, feigning deep thought, and after a long while, slowly spoke in a hoarse voice:

"Sure, consider this a free sharing session, no payment required."

After the previous exploration, Klein's suspicions were confirmed.

The dream world and the game world are almost identical, so the likelihood of subsequent bosses changing is low. In other words, each boss can be sold for a price once.

In that case, there's no need to charge for the first time; you can simply share it generously with others.

That way, you might even gain a favor from someone else.

After all, what's free is often the most expensive.

"World" feigned seriousness as he looked at the figure at the head of the table and said respectfully:

"Mr. 'Fool,' could you please recreate the battle I experienced in my dream?"

The Fool smiled and replied:

"certainly."

As soon as he finished speaking, the Fool waved his hand, and a vivid scene appeared before their eyes—

This was merely the Fool using the unique properties of the gray fog to materialize his memories.

But to others, it was simply astonishing.

Klein noticed that everyone else was staring intently at the materialized scene, and his expression suddenly became somewhat subtle:

"Is this considered a strategy guide?"

"Connecting anytime, anywhere, watching videos, and trading online—it feels more and more like an online dating platform to me?"

Justice and the others didn't know what the Fool was thinking. They didn't want to give up this valuable learning opportunity and hoped to gain experience in defeating Gundyr from the world's experience.

(End of this chapter)